Quote#Wisdom
Torn from their destined page (unworthy meed
Quote byJohn Ferriar · 1761–1815
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Illustrations of Sterne, Bibliomania, line 121, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)..
English (original)
Torn from their destined page (unworthy meed Of knightly counsel and heroic deed).
— John Ferriar
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